Guest Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Allen County Conference Overall Class W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Sectional Adams Central 6-0 1.000 13-2 0.867 1A 44 South Adams 5-1 0.833 10-3 0.769 1A 43 Heritage 3-3 0.500 4-6 0.400 3A 27 Woodlan 3-3 0.500 3-7 0.300 2A 35 Bluffton 2-4 0.333 4-6 0.400 2A 35 Jay County 2-4 0.333 3-7 0.300 4A 20 Southern Wells 0-6 0.000 0-10 0.000 1A 43 Central and South are the Big Dogs and all others are giving chase. Is 4A Jay County ready to make a move? Are Woodland and Heritage ready to contend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basementbias Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Curious to see if Southern Wells will eventually get back to competing in the conference and 1A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingHigh Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 AC is definitely the favorites coming into the season. They return a large nucleus of the state runner up team from 2021. A lot of people will see that Heyerly, Currie and Newy are gone (90% or so of their offensive production) and assume they’ll take a huge step back. The fact is that AC had a 2nd string backfield last year that was the next best backfield in the ACAC after their own 1’s. Those guys are back and Black took a huge step forward as a leader and runner as QB last year. He’ll need to take further strides this year if they want to repeat last year’s success. AC’s front 7 will be about as solid as it gets in 1A with returning LBs Keegan Bluhm (over 200 tackles as he enters his junior season) and Ryan Tester. Zac Wurm (6’4” 280lb) returns up front along with some other solid players. The secondary will be the biggest question mark, but the pressure from the front 7 will help alleviate pressure on the DBs. SA is the front runner for 2nd place and I’m sure some from Berne will argue they’ll contend for the top spot, but I don’t see it. Owen Wanner will be the best passing QB in the conference for the next 2 years, but will he have time to throw against quality opponents? I think Heritage will be the next best team based on their numbers from last year and it seemed like their kids were buying into Coach Kolkmann’s program. The rest is a bit of a crapshoot. Southern Wells will struggle to score against any varsity defense. I’d say the rest of the standings will be Jay County, Woodlan, Bluffton and then Southern Wells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 3 minutes ago, FlyingHigh said: AC is definitely the favorites coming into the season. They return a large nucleus of the state runner up team from 2021. A lot of people will see that Heyerly, Currie and Newy are gone (90% or so of their offensive production) and assume they’ll take a huge step back. The fact is that AC had a 2nd string backfield last year that was the next best backfield in the ACAC after their own 1’s. Those guys are back and Black took a huge step forward as a leader and runner as QB last year. He’ll need to take further strides this year if they want to repeat last year’s success. AC’s front 7 will be about as solid as it gets in 1A with returning LBs Keegan Bluhm (over 200 tackles as he enters his junior season) and Ryan Tester. Zac Wurm (6’4” 280lb) returns up front along with some other solid players. The secondary will be the biggest question mark, but the pressure from the front 7 will help alleviate pressure on the DBs. SA is the front runner for 2nd place and I’m sure some from Berne will argue they’ll contend for the top spot, but I don’t see it. Owen Wanner will be the best passing QB in the conference for the next 2 years, but will he have time to throw against quality opponents? I think Heritage will be the next best team based on their numbers from last year and it seemed like their kids were buying into Coach Kolkmann’s program. The rest is a bit of a crapshoot. Southern Wells will struggle to score against any varsity defense. I’d say the rest of the standings will be Jay County, Woodlan, Bluffton and then Southern Wells. How is Woodlan progressing under Coach Smith? Do you see them challenging the Adams schools ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingHigh Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 42 minutes ago, DT said: How is Woodlan progressing under Coach Smith? Do you see them challenging the Adams schools ? I can only comment on what I saw last year on the field at the varsity and JV levels and nothing would’ve indicated last year that they would be able to challenge the Adams County schools this year. A lot can happen in the off-season as far as player development and getting more kids to come out. I really hope the program, along with others in the ACAC, improves to increase the level of competition on Friday nights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE8Fan Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Adams County Athletic Conference 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishman Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 2 hours ago, NE8Fan said: Adams County Athletic Conference Not according to Harrell or Almanac Sports. It is still listed on those sites as the Allen County Athletic Conference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonecrusher Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, NE8Fan said: Adams County Athletic Conference I see what you did there. 😉 As a Heritage alum I would love to see them put together a winning season and maybe go a round or two in post. They seemed to be pretty down with the previous coach and it can take a few years to turn some programs around. 4-6 ain't too bad for a rebuild team, but 6-4 (trying to be realistic) would be nice. No clue what's up with Southern Wells. I'll have to get some intel from my wife's side of the fam, if I can. She graduated from there. Couple years ago they didn't even field a team, right? I remember when I was playing (82-85) if you had SW on your schedule you were going to get at least one win. They had a few good teams over the years, but IMO just not the football buy-in from the community. IIRC, they were more of a basketball school. Agree with @FlyingHigh on the pecking order at this early date. Edited July 6, 2022 by Bonecrusher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basementbias Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 3 hours ago, Bonecrusher said: I see what you did there. 😉 As a Heritage alum I would love to see them put together a winning season and maybe go a round or two in post. They seemed to be pretty down with the previous coach and it can take a few years to turn some programs around. 4-6 ain't too bad for a rebuild team, but 6-4 (trying to be realistic) would be nice. No clue what's up with Southern Wells. I'll have to get some intel from my wife's side of the fam, if I can. She graduated from there. Couple years ago they didn't even field a team, right? I remember when I was playing (82-85) if you had SW on your schedule you were going to get at least one win. They had a few good teams over the years, but IMO just not the football buy-in from the community. IIRC, they were more of a basketball school. Agree with @FlyingHigh on the pecking order at this early date. Interesting perspective of SW, as when I played and growing up before that, they were one of the best teams in the conference. Those games were always toss ups between AC. Heritage was usually a loss on the schedule as well with some hard fought battles. I remember those 05 & 06 games getting beat but then winning in 07 & 08. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonecrusher Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 On 7/6/2022 at 3:42 PM, Basementbias said: Interesting perspective of SW, as when I played and growing up before that, they were one of the best teams in the conference. Those games were always toss ups between AC. Heritage was usually a loss on the schedule as well with some hard fought battles. I remember those 05 & 06 games getting beat but then winning in 07 & 08. My frame of reference is mostly the mid-late 80's vs. the early 2000's for you. That could be the reason for our differing takes on SW. I graduated in 86 and IIRC they were a pretty easy win for us but that was almost 40 years ago. The wife graduated SW in 88, and I remember her telling me (I forget which year) they went several games into the season before they scored a TD. They had some good years after that, no argument there, but "overall" never seemed to me like a community that really caught that football "bug". Similar to Heritage, who I would say was/is not a football school either. Haven't followed it as close since moving out of state, so could be I was out of the loop at that point. We were gone in the 2000's and looks to be the time frame you're working with, so yeah they could have had some good years then that I wasn't aware of. I remember AC was always a tough opponent back then. My freshman year, AC's O-line was significantly smaller than our D-line & backers. We thought "we got this no problem". Those little guys dove at our front 8 all game, cut their legs out from underneath. Man it was ugly! I think we lost by a few scores. Those AC running backs tor us up. We had not practiced against that before. Regardless of how we see it, hope some of these other ACAC teams can find something and make that conference legit again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingHigh Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 What are the conference matchups for scrimmages? AC hosts Central Noble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE8_Fan Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 12 hours ago, FlyingHigh said: What are the conference matchups for scrimmages? AC hosts Central Noble. Not sure about scrimmages, but I am seriously considering leaving the confines of Ft Wayne to see the AC/Eastside game.....should be a banger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingHigh Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 18 minutes ago, NE8_Fan said: Not sure about scrimmages, but I am seriously considering leaving the confines of Ft Wayne to see the AC/Eastside game.....should be a banger! That game has low-key become one of, if not the best non-conference rivalries in NE IN. It goes a long way for both teams to determine how the rest of the season will go. This year should be another great game! Both teams lost significant players from 2021, but both also return a solid core of players that contributed heavily to last year's success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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